Mural Arts Philadelphia

What does Philadelphia's climate future look like? Help "Paint the Future" at this family-friendly evening of art and activism!What does Philadelphia's climate future look like? Mural Arts' Climate Justice Initiative (CJI) invites you to help "Paint the Future" at this family-friendly evening of art and activism!Mural Arts is currently painting a 400-foot-long mural that illustrates the past, present, and future of climate change and climate justice in Lenapehoking (the homelands of the Indigenous Lenape people, including Philadelphia and the Delaware River watershed). On July 13, you can help us paint this mural! (Children are welcome to attend, but must be

Celebrate our region's newest, largest, and most ambitious public artwork about the causes of, and solutions to, the climate crisis!The climate crisis can be overwhelming. How can we deal with all of our complicated feelings? What kinds of actions can we take, individually and collectively, to make a difference? And what is the role of art in supporting movements for climate justice?In 2020, Mural Arts Philadelphia convened a group of two dozen artists, activists, and organizers from across Lenapehoking (the original homelands of the Lenape people) to tackle these enormous questions. The result is a brand-new, 400-foot-long mural showing the

Explore your relationship to environmental justice and learn concrete ways to include Lenape and other Indigenous people in your work!In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to meet Native members of the Climate Justice Initiative and dive deeper into the Indigenous mural imagery. Then we will explore our own relationship to environmental justice and ways to include Lenape and other Indigenous people in our work. Participants will leave with direct connections to local Lenape tribes and Native organizations to deepen their own justice work. Featuring Felicia Teter (Natives in Philly), Priscilla Bell Lamberty (Natives in Philly), and Denise Bright

Learn the history, present, and future of the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, and how it informs Indigenous worldviews & movementsComposed in about 1050 CE, the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, or “Words Before All Else”, united five warring American Indian tribes, and served as the inspiration for both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. For Americans, it as a new orientation to being human, as it describes the Haudenosaunee relationship to the natural world, whose principles are generally accepted and shared by all North American Native people. Reflected in the mural, this ancient document is still aspirational and deeply moving for us